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IIHF European Women Championships

The IIHF European Women Championships is a former international women's ice hockey tournament between ice hockey playing nations in Europe. Finland's national women's team won the championship title four times and Sweden women's national ice hockey team won it once in 1996, the final year the competition took place.

IIHF European Women Championships
Finland national women's ice hockey team at the Ravensburg Women's Air Canada Cup 2008
StatusNo longer active
GenreSports event
Date(s)January–March
FrequencyBiannual
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Most recent1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Organized byIIHF

The European competition was organized by International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was played from 1989 to 1996. An international women's ice hockey competition sanctioned by the IIHF began in 1990. The European tournament ceased in 1997 because there would be either an IIHF World Women's Championships or an Olympic tournament every year.

History edit

The late 1980s marks the modern era of organized women's hockey when the first international invitational tournaments were beginning to become organized. The first IIHF European Women’s Championship, was played in Düsseldorf and Ratingen, Germany, in 1989. Team Finland was the first to win the championship.[1]

Winners edit

Year Gold Silver Bronze Country host
1989   Finland   Sweden   West Germany   West Germany
1991   Finland   Sweden   Denmark   Czechoslovakia
1993   Finland   Sweden   Norway   Denmark
1995   Finland   Sweden    Switzerland   Latvia
1996   Sweden   Russia   Finland   Russia

See also edit

External links edit

  • Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1989 (in French)
  • Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1991 (in French)
  • Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1993 (in French)
  • Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1995 (in French)
  • Hockey Archives - Championnats d'Europe féminins 1996 (in French)

References edit

  1. ^ "IIHF - Women's Hockey". IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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